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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Mexico > Mixtec, Huitepec

Mixtec, Huitepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3mxs

Population  4,000 (1990 census). 200 monolinguals. 2,000 in Huitepec town.
Region  Oaxaca, west of Zaachila, southwest of Peñoles, Huitepec Municipio, San Antonio Huitepec, Santiago Huajolotipac, and San Francisco Yucucundo towns. Some near Ensenada, Baja California.
Language map  Southern Central Mexico, reference number 233
Alternate names   Mixteco de Huitepec, Mixteco de San Antonio Huitepec, Mixteco de Zaachila
Dialects  77% intelligibility with Estetla (Eastern), 75% with Chalcatongo, 52% with Peñoles [mil], 20% with Yosondúa [mpm], 8% with Tilantongo.
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use  Most homes in Huitepec; more in rural areas.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Secondary school.